The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-21
The BAHAMA ISLES.
.,,hinc About Their Fruits, Their
Ff.h aDd Their Pirates.

,..sD.N =, May 25.-In these rare and
.. Islands Natures hand is forever
...u Here the pineapple citron,
l..arl apple, yam, brcadfruit, sweet
ammcc, star apple, apota, mango,
.lfe. banana, orange, lemon. Cocoa
i rlny other vegetables and fruits
a-.ci from & surprising and prodi-
.n.lyenesS. The forests TEEN with
at tree. 100 fc,t 10 It's strange pin
.... tho cicha, or silk cotton tree; the
grove, almond, mahogany, ebony,
lance and the royal palm.
cotton tr,,c of The Bahamas is most
n interesting II reaches good
spreads literally, covering
t. 1,p % b, guarled and knotty and
.u.fl.>-.l at the base. the roots ex-
..m. iu.s along tho thin soil for an
famn. 1hisi- true Of a splendid
tlr city II Nassau, ia the rear Of
u.ut house lis roots extend 20
i.toua hotel, where another great
up BOO whose wide branches "a plat
Ieeu built 10 derives It's name
f~-y hkc cotton which fills the
....h. however, mo- use can he made.
.Ir ar tke swinging cactus, ole
tl as o4c trees and Towering
NIB ODD tho year, the glowing coral
uHe rlse. the Cherokee rose and
...r, lue aui size, the alligator pear,
blooming ccrous and "a myriad
nul flowers which delight the
clIl.u the sense with perennial
.lYr. anal that forever without the
.i nI.l or The touch OF labor.
t.mca ~ land is fully equaled by
ulfy OF sea lie and form, AZ
beautiful and wonderful No shores
uutng, no waters SD winsOme and
oi ocean hold such mazes Of mys
ght The fish alone are remark
variety. Among them are the black
porpo.,o. which seems 20 tumble
aI waters, the shark, that deadly
n. sailor. The dolphin, which Is IN
pursuit ~ the delicate flying fish
uis through the air because it Is
and mot because ii enjoys 10, as many
and which same dolphin is never
aboard vessel unless silver half
is put iu tle same pot for II the half
lackDus then the dolphin is fun Of
from having sucked copper from ship
ru- the wlipray, like the hounder
alfh 70 tail like "a cOachmau' whip, some
tenn feet long. the jcw fish, which Is 20
waters as th, haiibut OF our northeast
Oh. yellow tailed SNAPPER b0nito,
hu> karel angel fish, gigantic turtles,
pork G7h, h0usl fish and sucking
..u There is that dread mystery Of
H.u tlr Portuguese msu-0f war, that
formation OF marine liio, like mass
aIth it- ventral fins extended In
, direction. riding the heaviest seas like
ali which. sea folk say is a deadly
t. tle touch, fhe starfish, sea urchins
thinning bird a>h, the phosphorescent
or gl0wwolm of the ocean, and
irIful and startling colored mites
MATTERS, besides tiny caves and grOt
Hlte coral. where the slonges, like
fs arc forever swaying from the
tI0u of the tides, and where nestle
-.a FANS the rainbow fish. cOnchs
priceless pearls and such delicate
OH. ocean ns wc of the land can only
through fairy lore or the witchery of
u is the chief town as well as the
uf the Bahamas The governor re-
ni thc legislature which is elected
seven years. meets here There are
ltly several c0l0rcd momben in the
Ile mulattoes, as "a class, are more
900 than thrifty Many are expert
supp '" i'''''' ''ie'' " o''.'s
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